On the Trump hat and Hillary Clinton

During his monologue that ranged from prison reform to manufacturing, politics and the universe, West said: “They tried to scare me, my friends to not wear this hat, but this hat, it gives me power in a way.

“You know, my dad and my mum separated, so I didn’t have a lot of male energy in my home.”

He continued: “I love Hillary, I love everyone, right.

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“But the campaign, I’m With Her, just didn’t make me feel as a guy that didn’t get to see my dad all the time, like a guy that could play catch with his son.”

Addressing Mr Trump, he added: “There was something about when I put this hat on it made me feel like Superman.

“You made a Superman – that’s my favourite superhero – you made a Superman cape for me.”

On black Democrats

West rejected the notion that celebrities must have “a monolithic voice that forced to be for a specific party”.

He also denied that all black Americans were Democrats.

“People expect that if you’re black, you have to be Democrat,” he said.

“If he [President Trump] don’t look good, we don’t look good,” he said at one point, attacking the “liberals” on the Saturday Night Live show who have criticised his support for Mr Trump.

Mr Trump won 8% of the African-American vote in 2016.

On a future presidential run

Mr Trump was asked by a journalist if West could be a future presidential candidate, and the president replied: “Could very well be.”

West told reporters: “Let’s stop worrying about the future, all we have is today.

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“Trump is on his hero’s journey right now.”

“You might not have expected a crazy [expletive] like Kanye running up to support.”